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ORNAMENTAL SHAFT FOR THE ENDS OP CURTAIN POLE$. I

4 Patented Oct. 9, 1888.

731 2. j a, I I 2 Win/M666 [mm/16am" WM W M op a g Nrrni) STATES JOHN BASSEMIR, or BROOKLYN, AND LAMBERT a. WALKER, on NEW roan, n. r; SAID WALKER ASSIGNOR TO SAID BASSEMIR.

ORNAMENTAL SHAFT FOR THE ENDS OF CURTAlN-POLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent hl'o. 286,521, dated October 9, 1883. Application filed August 6, 1883. (Nomodeh) To whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN Bassnnrn, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, and LAMBERT R. WALKER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental Shafts or Stems for the Ends of Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of ornamental shafts or stems for the ends of curtain-poles, in imitation of the expensive stems of curtain-pole ends which are now in use, and made from porcelain and other expensivepottery-ware.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple and cheap but perfect imitation of ornamental porcelain, china, and likematerials, and also what is known as Longwy ware, and which can be supplied at a trifling cost as compared with the said wares, and will at the same time be equally as useful and durable.

To this end our invention consists, first, in an improved article of manufacture, the ornamental end of a curtain-pole, made from figured paper or other ornamented material secured upon a shaft or stem and coated with varnish or other transparent material, as hereinafter described, and cap-pieces or ferrules overlapping the same, and a bolt passing centrally therethrough, and securing them together, substantially as described, and as and for the purpose specified hereinafter;

1 second, in a curtain-pole end, a sheet or piece of ornamented material secured to a shaft or stem and coated with varnish .or analogous transparent material, substantially as hereinafter described; third, in the combination, in a curtain-pole end, of a sheet or piece of ornamented material secured to a shaft or stem and coated with varnish or analogous transparent material, and cap-pieces or ferrules overlapping the same, substantially as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a curtain-pole end embodying our invention. 'Fig. 2 is a plan view of a piece of paper or like material of one of the kinds employed for forming the ornamental surface. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of a side View of a curtain-pole end embodying our invention.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all figures.

A designates a cylindrical shaft or stem of the end of a curtain-pole made of sheetmetal. The shaft or stem A may, however, be made of different shapes, and, instead of sheet metal, paper, wood, pottery-ware, or other suitable material may be employed.

B designates a sheet or piece of ornamental paper or like material wrapped around the shaft or stem A, and secured to the same by means of glue or other adhesive compound. It may be well to first roughen the outer surface of the shaft or stem A, in order to prevent the paper or like material from peeling off, and for the purpose of better securing the same to the shaft or stem. This paper or like material may be ornamented to simulate the appearance of any decorated porcelain, Longwy ware, or like material, and should have its edges neatly joined'lengthwise the shaft or stein A. By thinning down the overlapping edge of the paper or like material B, and cutting the same in an irregular manner, a, as in Fig. 2, so as not to destroy the design or figures thereon, the place of joining the paper can scarcely be noticed. After the paper or likematerial B has been thus secured to the shaft or stem A, its outer surface is covered with a coating of varnish or other transparent plastic material, which protects it from being injured or destroyed by water or other fluids.

In cases where the shaft or stem is of polygonal or other irregular shape, the sheet or piece of paper or like material, B, may be applied in sections in such a manner as to cause the design or figure to be symmetrical and have the edges neatly joined, as herein stated.

0 G designate cap-pieces or ferrules, of sheet-brass or other appropriate material, of

' ornamental configuration, which overlap the edges of the body of the shaft or stem A, the decorated paper or like material, B, and protect the same from being injured or destroyed.

D designates a bolt or screw passing through the body of the shaft or stem A, the paper or like material, 13, and cap-pieces or ferrules C O, and serving, with the use of nuts I), to secure the same together. The nuts b may be dispensed with and the parts otherwise secured. This bolt or screw may be somewhat extended, so that it may be secured to the-end of a curtain-pole; but we preferably employ the additional screw a, secured to the furrule or cap-piece O by any suitable means, for the purpose of attaching-the pole end to the curtainpole. By the use of the additional ferrule or cap-piece E, secured to the ferrule or cappiece 0 the pole end may be made to fit almost any style of curtain-pole.

The ornamental stem or shaft made according to the principle of our invention may be used. to decorate many articles handsomely,

WVhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is c As an improved article of manufacture, the ornamental end of a curtain-pole, made from figured paper or other ornamented material,

secured upon a shaft or stem, and coated with r JOHN BA'SSEMIR. LAMBERT R. \VALKER.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, DAVID Pnovos'r. 

